[GOV 310L] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 41 pages long Study Guide!
29 Nov 2016
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Dialogue of democracy ideals for a good democratic election: People make an informed choice for candidates, after a national debate on important issues. Was their an absence of demagoguery: appeal to the negative emotions, appeal to phony issues. Election outcome should make a difference in what the government does for winning candidate: 1964 election: lyndon b. johnson said to take soldiers out of vietnam; instead. Sent 500000 soldiers to vietnam, a failure of democracy. Initially, it were the wisest people from every state get to the national capital and pick president; each state be able to send as many as in the congressional delegation. If you get 1 more popular vote in one state, you"ll get all the state"s electoral votes. Candidate al gore won 600000 more popular votes than. George bush; however, bush had more electoral votes so he won. 435 members of house of reps, 100 senators, plus 3 in d. c. ; Winning 270 electoral votes makes one president.
